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School children in a classroom, November 27, 2019
THE STUC has rallied behind pupils, teachers and communities fighting swingeing education cuts in Glasgow.
The SNP-led Glasgow City Council has proposed slashing more than £100 million from services in the city over the next three years, and joined forces with the Greens to pass a budget that cut more than £30m from the city’s schools over the same period.
Just days later, the council began a consultation with teaching unions on plans to axe a staggering 450 teaching posts — between 8 and 9 per cent of the teaching workforce — over three years, with 172 to go this year alone.
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK